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Did anyone buy the 360 hd dvd player?
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| kid nyce |
for an extra 200?
no one i know has it |
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| Ozoned12 |
| Seems to much for what is does. I'm not to picky about how movies look unless its on antenna tv lol. |
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| RJT |
The reviews have almost unanimously said it's better than Sony's Blue Ray ;)
Most reviews I've seen have said it's hands down the best option for an HD DVD player right now... As I have no HDTV, I have no reason to buy it. |
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| Ozoned12 |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
The reviews have almost unanimously said it's better than Sony's Blue Ray ;)
Most reviews I've seen have said it's hands down the best option for an HD DVD player right now... As I have no HDTV, I have no reason to buy it. |
Yea I don't know to many people that can afford hd anything lol. |
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| kid nyce |
| i'm rocking a 40" sony hdtv lcd bravia and i'm at the point to buy a 360 to hold me down until the ps3 rolls out with a decent 'edition'. i still have alot of faith in the blu-ray technology, but i don't think i'll be needing the hd-dvd part of the 360 as i have an upconverting dvd player thats connected via HDMI. =) |
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| Ozoned12 |
| damn dude thats a lot of money for a tv (I know it is suppose to be like the best tv or something). How much did you pay for it? They are like 3 gs or more I thought. |
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ozoned12
damn dude thats a lot of money for a tv (I know it is suppose to be like the best tv or something). How much did you pay for it? They are like 3 gs or more I thought. |
it's got about a year and half on it, i got it when they first dropped and the MSRP was $3,5-3,700. Managed to get mines for 2,800 at that time. I don't regret that investment at all and i ended up spending essentially all of that summer at home saving for it. I have to admit though, it is probably the best thing that has happened to my studio apartment in manhattan =) i have her mounted to the wall with a pivot mount. I got a bunch of electronics hooked up to it now.
7.1 Sony Receiver via Optical Out
XBOX, PS2, NES via Component, S-Video, and RCA for NES
Upconverting HD DVD Player via HDMI
PC via VGA - Audio RCA out to RCA into Receiver
Digital Cable Box via Component
Sling Box to Cable Box via S-Video
PC and Sling box on a linksys network group switch via RJ45
Group Switch to Linksys Wireless Cable Modem.
2 PC's, 1 Laptop, 1 G5 connected to the Cable Modem
coming soon - wireless Mac Book Pro
I took some pieces apart at the moment since I'm rewiring my bathroom to have some stereo with volume control in there, should be done by mid December.
All I need now is a PS3 and 360 to swap out the xbox and ps2. Lose the upconverting dvd player, xbox, and ps2 and go strictly 360+HD and Blu-Ray via PS3. Whew thats alot of dough I shelled, but hey I'm a geek and I work hard for my money...gotta spend it on myself...single life rules! |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
it's got about a year and half on it, i got it when they first dropped and the MSRP was $3,5-3,700. Managed to get mines for 2,800 at that time. I don't regret that investment at all and i ended up spending essentially all of that summer at home saving for it. I have to admit though, it is probably the best thing that has happened to my studio apartment in manhattan =) i have her mounted to the wall with a pivot mount. I got a bunch of electronics hooked up to it now.
7.1 Sony Receiver via Optical Out
XBOX, PS2, NES via Component, S-Video, and RCA for NES
Upconverting HD DVD Player via HDMI
PC via VGA - Audio RCA out to RCA into Receiver
Digital Cable Box via Component
Sling Box to Cable Box via S-Video
PC and Sling box on a linksys network group switch via RJ45
Group Switch to Linksys Wireless Cable Modem.
2 PC's, 1 Laptop, 1 G5 connected to the Cable Modem
coming soon - wireless Mac Book Pro
I took some pieces apart at the moment since I'm rewiring my bathroom to have some stereo with volume control in there, should be done by mid December.
All I need now is a PS3 and 360 to swap out the xbox and ps2. Lose the upconverting dvd player, xbox, and ps2 and go strictly 360+HD and Blu-Ray via PS3. Whew thats alot of dough I shelled, but hey I'm a geek and I work hard for my money...gotta spend it on myself...single life rules! |
Amen to that. Amen to every single word of that. Good work. No love for the Wii, though? :p
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
The reviews have almost unanimously said it's better than Sony's Blue Ray |
How could it be better? Whats better about it? All I know is that blu-ray has greater capacity than HD-DVD...so by my logic blu-ray would win hands down. :conf: |
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000
Amen to that. Amen to every single word of that. Good work. No love for the Wii, though? :p
How could it be better? Whats better about it? All I know is that blu-ray has greater capacity than HD-DVD...so by my logic blu-ray would win hands down. :conf: |
unfortunately no love for the wii as I won't be shelling out money for that system if i have a 360 and PS3 lol. I simply won't have enough time to play all 3 consoles, let alone 2 of them. I also am really close to getting my hands on a modded PSP full of roms from all the legacy systems as well as the most current games via iso.
thanks for the kind words about my said investments, it's taken a bunch of time as it is to afford it. Also helps that I've ceased my nightlife activities and went for the at-home approach. |
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| TigerClaw |
| The problem with this 360 HD-DVD Drive is that its only for playing HD-DVD movies, There not going to release games in the HD-DVD format. This is why The PS3 has the advantage with all its games releasing in the Blu-Ray format to take full advantage of there large capacity. |
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| Ozoned12 |
| quote: | Originally posted by TigerClaw
The problem with this 360 HD-DVD Drive is that its only for playing HD-DVD movies, There not going to release games in the HD-DVD format. This is why The PS3 has the advantage with all its games releasing in the Blu-Ray format to take full advantage of there large capacity. |
I would have to agree on that. It would be nice if it did however it really depended on if game developers would take advantage of it. |
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